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Pakistan has reduced the number of troops on its border with India to levels below what was deployed in the aftermath of the Mumbai terror attacks, US Special envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, has said. "I will say that the number of troops that have been moved West is clearly larger than the number that were moved East after the Mumbai bombing.

And I don't believe there would be any question on that," Holbrooke told State Department reporters at a press briefing today. In the wake of tensions between India and Pakistan that followed the terror strike on Mumbai, the border between the countries saw significant troop build up.

However, Holbrooke refused to give any further details about the recent movement of troops by Pakistan in the wake of its military action against the Taliban in the Swat valley and adjoining areas. "It is for the Pakistan government to announce their own force deployments, not for me to make a headline here," Holbrooke said in response to a question.